Shailesh Gupta, wholetime director, Jagran Prakashan Ltd, and Shashank Srivastava, senior executive director, sales & marketing, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, were unanimously elected as the chairman and vice-chairman of Media Research Users Council India (MRUCI), respectively, at the organisation’s 29th annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday.

The announcement was made at MRUCI’s board meeting, which was held shortly after the AGM. Gupta takes over the mantle from Shashidhar Sinha, CEO, India, Mediabrands, who served as MRUCI’s chairman for two consecutive terms—from 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. While handing over the mantle, Sinha stated, “I am happy that the IRS [Indian Readership Survey] is being revived after a gap because of COVID.”